Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Painting)

Title:

Hikawa-jinja yokoyama taikan shushoku musashi kuni

Yokoyama Taikan’s ''Autumn Colors in Musashi Province''

氷川神社横山大観作「秋色武蔵国」

No. of features:

One painting

Designated:

January 13, 1954

Location:

1-407 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

The religious juridical person of Hikawa-jinja Shrine

Description:

Yokoyama Taiken (1868-1958) was a master of Japanese style painting, born in Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture. 

“Autumn Colors in Musashi Province” is a work dedicated to Hikawa-jinja Shrine in 1933 to commemorate the construction of the shrine building. Measuring 62.8 centimeters tall and 81.5 centimeters wide, the work depicts a distant snow-capped Mount Fuji, rolling grass-covered hills, and pine and maple trees, splendidly capturing the atmosphere of Musashi Province in deepening autumn.

On the lower right is the inscription "taikan kinsha," a humble signature for works dedicated to shrines and the imperial family.

Associated Texts:

(1956). “Cultural Properties in Omiya” (vol. 1). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

(1986). “Cultural Properties in Omiya” (vol. 2). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

This cultural property is not available for public viewing.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

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